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Intel Core i9-7900X reviews are going live!

KompuKare said:
I'd say that's very unlikely.
The cache architecture is a something that would have been decided ages ago, and changing it between Skylake and the Xeon E5/E7's (and Skylake-X) would only be done for a 'good' reason.
That 'good' reason is far more likely to be a response to where (at the time) Intel felt they were under pressure or needed to improve: server and HPC workloads.
Improving overclocking is hardly an important design criteria for Intel despite the impression which enthusiast forums might convey.
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But improving overclocking means that they can increase the base clock of their chips from factory which would improve performance.
 
Kaapstad said:
Improving overclocking also brings with it more heat and power usage, something you don't want in server CPUs.:)
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Outside of the current gaming performance shown, and the heat and power draw it looks like a good CPU. Although those three things can be deal breakers for many.

Hitting 100c without even touching an AVX load is not good.
Although we'll get some proper in-depth reviews soon.
 
ok pre orders are starting :D

BH Asus x299-e 340$ not bad

sorry edited link

its USA site so thought it was allowed
 
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Chuk_Chuk said:
Videocardz has got there hand on the review guide for Skylake/kabylake X

https://videocardz.com/70338/intel-core-i7-7740x-overclockability

-Liquid coolers are recommended for kabylake-x, even if running stock.
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Hot little buggers
Code: 
Green: air-cooler, Red: Cooler Master Liquid 240, Blue: Corsair H110

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81 degrees at stock running prime under a 240 AIO :0
 
As for the use of TIM, I saw in a video that the potential reason for the use of TIM on HEDT, is because soldering has a failure rate. So there is a chance that the process of soldering might kill a CPU. If we consider that intel potentially doesn't have good yields with there high core count CPUs then they probably can't afford to have the good CPUs they managed to harvest getting killed of during soldering.
Make of that what you will.
 
Chuk_Chuk said:
As for the use of TIM, I saw in a video that the potential reason for the use of TIM on HEDT, is because soldering has a failure rate. So there is a chance that the process of soldering might kill a CPU. If we consider that intel potentially doesn't have good yields with there high core count CPUs then they probably can't afford to have the good CPUs they managed to harvest getting killed of during soldering.
Make of that what you will.
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that's what der8auer reckoned in his video, this would have been planned out long before ryzen/threadripper were even a thing.
 
gavinh87 said:
Yet its all so quiet........

These are intels fx line :p
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If it's AMD, it becomes meme central.

When it's Intel, its part of the hobby with delidding and water cooling - the extra cost of tools and liquid metal not even raising a single eyebrow.
 
AiiR said:
If it's AMD, it becomes meme central.

When it's Intel, its part of the hobby with delidding and water cooling - the extra cost of tools and liquid metal not even raising a single eyebrow.
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Things wont change if they don't get pulled up on these things.
Vote with your wallets people! The last time intel was forced to innovate we got core 2 duo. A move that was beneficial to everyone.
 
I'm so confused about CPUs at the moment. The last 5 years have been easy. Buy the most expensive Intel CPU you can afford. Now with AMD rocking the boat with some really cool stuff it has suddenly become much more complex.

I don't know whether to wait for Thread Ripper or get a i9 7900X when they come out? I currently have an i7 3930k at 4.4Ghz.
 
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